Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on Shildon Hill (Bywell)

The remains on Shildon Hill are those of an Iron Age defended settlement and a later Romano-British farmstead. The Iron Age settlement survives in places as an earthwork but is largely only visible as a cropmark. It is circular in shape, measures about 90m across, and is enclosed by two ramparts and ditches. The entrance lies through the west side and inside the settlement, aerial photographs show that circular houses once stood here. Also inside the enclosure is a Romano-British farmstead. It shows up most clearly on aerial photographs but again slight earthwork remains can be traced around its western side. The farmstead measures about 60m by 70m and has an entrance through the west side. This is a Scheduled Monument protected by law.

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